7-letter words containing b, u, o
- outbake — to bake more than or better than
- outbark — to bark more than or louder than
- outbawl — to bawl more than or louder than
- outbeam — to beam more than or brighter than
- outbids — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outbid.
- outbond — composed mainly or entirely of stretchers (opposed to inbond).
- outbrag — to brag more than or better than
- outbred — Simple past tense and past participle of outbreed.
- outbulk — to exceed in bulk
- outburn — (intransitive) To burn away; be consumed by fire.
- outburp — (informal, transitive, rare) To burp louder or better than.
- overbuy — to purchase in excessive quantities.
- overdub — to add other recorded sound or music, as a supplementary instrumental or vocal track, to a taped musical track to complete or enhance a recording.
- phoebus — Classical Mythology. Apollo as the sun god.
- polybus — a Corinthian king who was the foster father of Oedipus.
- postbus — (in Britain, esp in rural districts) a vehicle carrying the mail that also carries passengers
- publico — (especially in Puerto Rico) a taxi that picks up and discharges passengers along a fixed route.
- pueblos — a communal structure for multiple dwelling and defensive purposes of certain agricultural Indians of the southwestern U.S.: built of adobe or stone, typically many-storied and terraced, the structures were often placed against cliff walls, with entry through the roof by ladder.
- rebound — to bound or spring back from force of impact.
- redoubt — Mount, an active volcano in S Alaska, on the Alaska Peninsula: highest peak in the Aleutian Range. 10,197 feet (3108 meters).
- rhombus — an oblique-angled equilateral parallelogram; any equilateral parallelogram except a square.
- robusta — a coffee tree, Coffea canephora, native to western tropical Africa and cultivated in warm regions of the Old World.
- roebuck — a male roe deer.
- rosebud — the bud of a rose.
- roubaix — a city in N France, NE of Lille.
- rub off — to subject the surface of (a thing or person) to pressure and friction, as in cleaning, smoothing, polishing, coating, massaging, or soothing: to rub a table top with wax polish; to rub the entire back area.
- rub out — to subject the surface of (a thing or person) to pressure and friction, as in cleaning, smoothing, polishing, coating, massaging, or soothing: to rub a table top with wax polish; to rub the entire back area.
- rubaboo — soup made from pemmican, flour, and water, once common among fur trappers, hunters, etc.
- rubdown — a massage, especially after exercise or a steam bath.
- rubeola — measles.
- rubicon — a river in N Italy flowing E into the Adriatic. 15 miles (24 km) long: in crossing this ancient boundary between Cisalpine Gaul and Italy, to march against Pompey in 49 b.c., Julius Caesar made a major military commitment.
- rubious — being of the color of a ruby; ruby-colored.
- rublyov — Andrey (ˈandre). ?1370–1430, Russian icon painter. His masterpiece is The Old Testament Trinity
- sobukwe — Robert (Mangaliso). 1924–78, South African politician. Founder of the Pan-Africanist Congress
- soluble — capable of being dissolved or liquefied: a soluble powder.
- soubise — a brown or white sauce containing strained or puréed onions and served with meat.
- sow bug — any of several small, terrestrial isopods, especially of the genus Oniscus; wood louse.
- subatom — any component of an atom.
- subcode — a computer tag identifying data on something such as a compact disc
- subcool — to cool (liquid) to a temperature lower than the temperature it was when it condensed into steam
- subecho — an echo resonating more quietly than another echo
- subgoal — the result or achievement toward which effort is directed; aim; end.
- subjoin — to add at the end, as of something said or written; append.
- subnote — a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- suboral — under the mouth
- suboval — not quite oval
- subplot — a secondary or subordinate plot, as in a play, novel, or other literary work; underplot. Compare counterplot (def 2).
- subsoil — the bed or stratum of earth or earthy material immediately under the surface soil.
- subsong — an unstructured, often rambling vocalization of low volume heard in young birds and, at the start of the breeding season, in adult birds of certain species.
- subtone — an undertone, an underlying, low or subordinate tone